David Smith

Brief Life History of David

When David Smith was born on 29 March 1782, in Whately, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jonathan Smith, was 39 and his mother, Abigail Chauncey, was 33. He married Betsey Hill about 1799, in Whately, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 2 July 1823, in his hometown, at the age of 41, and was buried in West Whately Cemetery, Whately, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Smith
1782–1823
Betsey Hill
1778–1840
Marriage: about 1799
Obed Smith
1814–1887
Martin Smith
1818–1897
Miranda Smith
1820–1844

Sources (8)

  • David Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
  • David Smith, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • David Smith in entry for Obed Smith, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"

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World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .

English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .

Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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David Smith

BIRTH 29 Mar 1782 Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 2 Jul 1823 (aged 41) West Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL West Whately Cemetery Whately, Franklin County, Massa …

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